Another topic that might be discussed is whether consciousness as self-awareness is at all related to moral status as in “Don’t you dare pull the plug. That would be murder!”. Personally, I don’t see any reason why the two should be related. Perhaps we conflate them because both are mysteries and we think that Occam’s razor can be used to economize on mysteries.
Another topic that might be discussed is whether consciousness as self-awareness is at all related to moral status as in “Don’t you dare pull the plug. That would be murder!”. Personally, I don’t see any reason why the two should be related. Perhaps we conflate them because both are mysteries and we think that Occam’s razor can be used to economize on mysteries.